1. Financial Market Report CEE // 2011

    August 2011

    • Economic Expectations for the CEE Region Stabilise
    • Economic Outlook for the CEE Region, Austria, and the Eurozone
    • Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Inflation Concerns Relaxed
    • Croatia, Hungary, and Romania:…
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-049 // 2011

    Impacts of Parental Health on Children’s Development of Personality Traits and Problem Behavior: Evidence from Parental Health Shocks

    Parental investments are crucial for the children’s skill development, especially in the early years of the life-cycle. In this paper, we examine how parental health, which may cause variation in investments to…

  3. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2011

    August 2011

    • Konjunkturoptimismus geht zurück
    • EZB: Zinserhöhung im Juli nur Zwischenschritt
    • USA: Lageeinschätzung erneut verschlechtert
    • Japan: Erholung verläuft erfreulich
    • Großbritannien: Inflationserwartungen rückläufig
    • Sonderfr…
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-048 // 2011

    In Search for the Not-Invented-Here Syndrome: The Role of Knowledge Sources and Firm Success

    The not-invented-here (NIH) syndrome refers to internal resistance in a company against externally developed knowledge. Although previous research has shown that firms can benefit significantly from external…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-047 // 2011

    Separating Wheat and Chaff: Age-specific Staffing Strategies and Innovative Performance at the Firm Level

    The lack of skilled labour is a major threat to the innovative capacity of highly developed economies. Particularly in emerging technological fields, companies hunt for qualified workers. On the one hand, in…

  6. ZEW-Gründungsreport // 2011

    Jahrgang 11, Nr. 1, Mai 2011

    • Die Entwicklung des regionalen Gründungsgeschehens im High-Tech-Sektor
    • Warum erzielen Unternehmensgründungen von Frauen eine schlechtere Performance?
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-046 // 2011

    Why Training Older Employees is Less Effective

    The ageing of the workforce increases the importance of life-long learning for competitiveness. Most contributions on continuing training focus on lower participation of older employees. This paper in contrast…